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What is Echinacea?

Echinacea appears to have a variety of nonspecific stimulatory effects on the immune system. Echinacea is claimed to stimulate white blood cell function and cell-mediated immunity, including T lymphocytes, macrophages, and natural killer cells.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
General health 17 0
Other 6 3 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Support immune health 6 2 Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Immune system weak 2 2 Efficacy_cant_tell
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) 1 0
Memory problems 1 0

See all 26 patients currently taking Echinacea

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 7

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Echinacea. See all 13 dosages ►

  daily 10 mg daily 800 mg weekly 125 mg daily 200 mg daily 285 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 800 mg daily 1,350 mg daily
  17 Number of Patients: 17 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Echinacea (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 43%
Expense 1   Expense: 14%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 14%
Other 1   Other: 14%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 14%

See all 7 patients who’ve stopped taking Echinacea

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Echinacea

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Echinacea

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Echinacea

Always
 3 43%
Usually
 4 57%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Echinacea

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 14%
A little
 2 29%
Not at all
 4 57%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Echinacea

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 3 100%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.